This book will guide the reader on their quest for the most delicious chocolate in all of the United States. All things chocolate are covered including bean to bar makers, chocolatiers, confectioners, chocolate festivals, luscious hotel chocolate buffets, chocolate classes for the novice and the professional, and chocolate travel destinations. The Chocolate Travel Guide: United States Edition 2010 features over five hundred addresses and websites showing the chocolate lover where to go to taste and buy the products of these establishments. Whether you are in the mood to travel the country searching for the best chocolate available in the United States or prefer to be an armchair traveler and buy online, this guide will not disappoint. It is essential reading for anyone looking for the ultimate chocolate experience. Find detailed entries explaining where these artisans are located, how to get in touch with them , their websites, best selling items asked for time and time again, and little tidbits about them. If that is not enough, tempt your taste buds by leafing through the photos to get a glimpse of what they are all about. A wonderful gift for any chocolate lover or traveler in your life! 10% of the Gross Profits from this book will be donated to Heifer International to help entire communities rise above poverty.
Annmarie Kostyk has had a love affair with food since she was a toddler. She is a huge foodie and her passion is chocolate. Through her college years, studying art history at Lake Forest College and history at Indiana University, Annmarie worked at a chocolate shop and the love of chocolate and baking anything chocolate carried through to her personal life with family and friends.
Her professional life included working as an Assistant Pastry Chef at Le Meridien Hotel (now the Conrad Chicago) in Chicago and catering for family and friends. In 2006, Annmarie Kostyk graduated with honors earning a Professional Chocolatier Certificate granted by the Professional School of Chocolate Arts Ecole Chocolate in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She has been working with and writing about chocolate ever since.
Annmarie has been collecting and consuming chocolate bars from all over the world and currently has a collection of over 250 chocolate bars which she has experienced. Currently, she is a contributor to a variety of websites on health, home and food. Her blog is www.AnnmarieKostyk.com and you may also follow her on Twitter and her Facebook Fan Page (Annmarie Kostyk) for day to day information on chocolate and food. She lives in Chicago.
